Paediatric Respiratory Liaison Nurse

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organisation serving children is seeking a Paediatric Respiratory Liaison Nurse to provide expert care and support for children with respiratory conditions and their families. This role requires experience working with children, a current nursing registration, and strong leadership skills. The specialist nurse will manage patient caseloads and liaise with multiple professionals to ensure comprehensive care.

Benefits

Support for professional development

Comprehensive health services

Recognition as a top employer

Qualifications

• Current paediatric nursing registration required.
• Experience working with families and safeguarding.
• Recent direct care experience in a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide education and advice for families regarding care.
• Monitor and manage caseload of patients.
• Liaise with multi-professional teams.

Skills

Recent experience working with children with respiratory conditions

Strong communication skills

Multi-professional liaison

Leadership abilities

Education

Current paediatric nursing registration (degree level)

Masters level qualification in related subject

Leadership course

Job description

Paediatric Respiratory Liaison Nurse

The closing date is 19 November 2025

Children's Services at Homerton Healthcare is looking for a Paediatric Nurse to provide expert and compassionate seamless care to children with Respiratory Conditions and their families/carers. This is a suitable role for someone who is already working as a Respiratory CNS or a B6 working with children who have respiratory conditions and who is ready to take the next step into a specialist role.

You will be working within a team of specialist nurses for children.

You may be expected to work clinically on the ward or in Outpatients so it's desirable that you have recent clinical experience in one or both of those areas.

Main duties of the job

• Acute & long term education, advice and liaison for families
• Support for MDT clinic
• Co-ordination of follow up community/ nurse‑led appointments
• Monitor/manage caseload of patients
• Admission avoidance through close monitoring and optimisation of treatment
• Multi‑professional liaison: GP, tertiary, social, other specialties
• Telephone advice
• Involvement in research and audit

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well‑regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachments on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Registered Paediatric Nurse

• Current paediatric nursing registration (degree level)
• Recent experience of working with CYP with Respiratory Conditions
• Experience of working with Safeguarding families
• Masters level qualification in related subject
• Leadership course

Shortlisting

• NMC registration RN Child
• Recent experience of working with CYP with Respiratory Conditions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.